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Duties and Responsibilities

Set within UCL’s Faculty of The Built Environment, The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources (BSEER) is comprised of four world-class Institutes, providing the expert knowledge collaborative research and teaching of UCL Energy Institute, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage and UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources.

The role of the successful applicant will be to help quantify the impact of climate change on residential heating and cooling needs, and indoor environmental quality, across different regions of the UK, and evaluate the implications of these changes for different groups, including the elderly, the fuel poor and other vulnerable groups, taking into account the ability of these groups to adequately heat and cool their homes, and associated impacts on indoor air quality, household fuel costs, energy use and carbon emissions.

This post is initially funded until 31 March 2023. Further funding may become available.

Key requirements

The ideal candidate is a highly quantitative and analytical person with a PhD or close to completing a PhD in built environment, physics, climate, environmental, or atmospheric sciences or a related quantitative field, and a keen interest in multi-disciplinary research. They should be keen to contribute to producing high quality publications and presenting their research to scientific audiences and stakeholders.

Further details

If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact: bseer-recruitment@ucl.ac.uk.

If you have specific questions about the role please contact Dr Anna Mavrogianni: a.mavrogianni@ucl.ac.uk.

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We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

Closing Date
Monday 31 January, 23:59

Interview date
TBC

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